Russia and Trump

I don’t really care what Russia did or didn’t do leading up to the 2016 US election for president. What I care about is what others are trying to make us believe. That, and what we should be doing about it now that we know interference most likely occurred.

First the republican party wants us to believe that President Obama and the FBI knew something was afoot with shenanigans by the Russians and the elections. And then they want us to think Obama quashed the FBI from doing anything and allowed the interference by Russians to continue. First of all, there is no proof of any of that. Second, the FBI would not be that dumb, and third, Obama is a man of principle the republicans rarely have seen. He is not manipulatable like their ‘leaders’. A sad but true fact. History will have the last laugh on that whole tale. I just hope I’m alive then to see the faces on republicans when they realize how dishonest and manipulated they have been all along.

Second, trump is guilty of allowing Russian election interference to go on without any response from him or his administration. In fact, trump has attempted to derail the investigation into Russian meddling since the inception of the charges. The Mueller investigation has broad authority to get to the bottom of the issue. Whether it is proven trump had anything to do with it has yet to be proven. What is becoming very obvious is the role his lieutenants played in the matter. Mueller has proof of that. So there is complicity between Russia and the trump camp. Mr. trump may not be in on it, then again, maybe he was. But his people appear to have been in on it.

Now, all trump can do is distract and misdirect public attention to other people and other issues instead of settling the matter once and for all.

The rest of us know that Mueller and his investigation will take care of this appropriately and accurately. The court system will work. The professionals in the criminal justice system will do their jobs, and the public will be well informed as to the facts. Period. End of story.

For now, we abide the ignominy of having an incompetent person sitting in the presidency. What a joke he is. What an embarrassment for our nation. And for the republicans? A fatal end to a party that has become one of nonsense and dishonor. 

Now, what to do about things that truly matter?

1.     Fix the election machinery so meddling by anyone is stopped; Russia, crooks, ideologues or political parties ought not have such power to cast doubt on our electoral system.

2.     Amend the constitution to eliminate the electoral college. It is outdated and unneeded.

3.     Congress, do your duty and outlaw private ownership of AK-47’s or AR-15’s; these weapons were designed for military and police use; allow them to be used by those parties; all other possessions should be illegal and punishable with long prison terms.

4.     Restore mental health programs to focus on developmental problems of youth and young adults. This is the crucial point of drug abuse, bullying and personality disorders leading to terrorist development.

5.     Impeach trump as a fake president and hold another election to replace him and the vice president. If the judicial system has trouble with this solution, Congress should then implement the 25^th amendment and remove both the president and vice president from office.

Let the American people have their say and their vote. End this foolish nightmare of a failed presidency.

February 21, 2018